| 388 |  | Incredible Sea Life Chess Set hand Carved
Incredibly beautiful chess set in custom wooden box with storage and playing board. Pieces seem to be hand carved in natural fossilized materials. Pawns seems to be natural fossilized coral; the major pieces carved in fossilized bone, coral or other natural material, possibly amber. The custom board (more...)
 enlarge | Set | | | Yes | 2.375 |
| 639 |  | Nice origami Chess Set
Origami Chess Set with 12" x 12" beautiful high quality folding. Chess board is made from 64 interlocking paper squares 1.5" x 1.5" also made in Origami. This mean 64 individually folded squares, interwoven together. Wow. Pieces are highly detailed, the kings are about 2.25" tall. Pure art and patie (more...)
enlarge | Set | | | Yes | 2.25 |
| 683 |  | Vintage Liquor Bottles chess set
Circa 1970s. Six pieces on each side in original box. Each also includes a folder board. Most bottle still have the alcohol filled. Sale.
enlarge | Set | | | Yes | 0 |
| 727 |  | Three War-time C. 1940 games books lookalike - Chess, Backgammon, Goal
Three War-time games books lookalike - Chess, Backgammon, Goal. Superb condition, like new. By Metro. Vol. 204, 250, 282. With original Instructions. Reads: "Perfect Gifts for the Men in Service". Sale.
enlarge | Set | | USA | Yes | 0 |
| 865 |  | Interesting "Netsuki" Japanese Chess set
Netsuki style. Age, Material unknown, likely molded plastic. Sale.
enlarge | Set | | Japan | Yes | 0 |
| 921 |  | Vintage, Stunning Amber Chess set
Charming chess set carved / turned by hand. Likely Russian. This set has all the great attributes of Amber - colors, feel, (no) smell etc. Meticulously carved as can be observed by the slight, minute differences between the pieces, especially in closeups photos of the carvings on the knights. One si (more...)
enlarge | Set | | Russia | No | 3.125 |
| 215 |  | Antique Chess Set
16 pieces only. Sale. | Set | Bone | England | Yes | 0 |
| 261 |  | Vintage Bone Hand Carved Chinese Chess Set
Early 1900. Hand Carved. All pieces stamped Hand Made in Hong Kong. Light Pieces natural bone; Dark pieces stained Red.Excellent condition. Observations(minor): Red king missing small bone head-crown, white rook missing flag. Sale. | Set | Bone | China | Yes | 3 |
| 309 |  | research Antique Bone Chess Necklace all the pieces
Likely Jaques Status Quo pieces turned into a full set Necklace. 31 chess pieces plus and carved bone threaded lock .
enlarge | Set | Bone | | No | 0 |
| 349 |  | Vintage Chinese Bone Chess set in custom box / board
Vintage Chinese, Hand carved chess set n extreme details. Beautiful and impressive. One side stained brown the other natural bone color. Wooden board of 16" x 16" turned into custom box (x 3.25") when closed in half. Painted wooden squares 1.75" x 1.75". Padded compartments for the chess pieces. Exc (more...)
enlarge | Set | Bone | China | No | 3.75 |
| 355 |  | Research Antique bone Chess set red-Ivory
In original Colonial dovetailed box with sliding top.
enlarge | Set | Bone | | No | 3.25 |
| 357 |  | Antiques English Bone Chess set
Fantastic Chess set made of bone. Each piece made of multiple sections, up to 8-9 pieces, that screw together. Unique construction and colors. One side natural the other tint of brown, tint of red and black. Likely end 1800 early 1900. Sold
enlarge | Set | Bone | England | No | 2.5 |
| 390 |  | Hindu Ramayana Chess Set, Good Vs Evil. Stunning.
Hindu Ramayana Chess Set, Good Vs Evil, Demon and Warrior, Flawless Work Of Art. Intricately carved with amazing workmanship. One of the best made sets I have ever seen. Made in India by a master craftsman c1930-1940, possibly even earlier.
The King of the evil (green) side is represented by Ravan (more...)
enlarge | Set | Bone | India | No | 2.375 |
| 463 |  | Outstanding hand carved & painted bone Chess set
Likely Mexican, bone, 1980s. Large, Outstanding carving and hand painted. Extreme accuracy and quality - almost looks like machine made. Excellent condition, only visible is a crack to the base on one queen, almost invisible. Laminated and decorated storage box / board 17.5" x 17.5" x 4.5" tall. Pad (more...)
enlarge | Set | Bone | Mexico | No | 5.375 |
| 491 |  | Antique W.C.Horn Bone Chess and Checkers Set
Travel. Pegged. Set #C-95. Circa 1930. Rare and fine example of this novel version of Chess and Checkers. All playing pieces are hand carved bone. Each Checkers consists of a grooved disk of bone threaded around a bone spike. Chess pieces have great details for being so small. There are two compartm (more...)
enlarge | Set | Bone | USA | Yes | 1 |
| 516 |  | Antique Chess Set
Significant breakage over time.
enlarge | Set | Bone | | No | 0 |
| 594 |  | Vintage Chinese Chess Set in Original Padded case
Made in the Peoples Republic of China. Chinese motif - Mandarins, horses, Chinese towers, contained in a padded box where the pieces are stored in two compartmentalized trays for protection. Pieces are made of bone, one side natural color the other tea-stained. Board made of cloth with black and red (more...)
enlarge | Set | Bone | China | Yes | 3.5 |
| 612 |  | Beautiful, Islamic motif, Bone Chess Set
Genuine antique. Condition commensurate with age. Several damaged pieces but nothing structural. 2022. Sold.
enlarge | Set | Bone | India | No | 3.375 |
| 738 |  | Incredible Selenus Chess Set
Marine Ivory or bone fantastic Chess set. One side stained Red the other left natural. Superb condition in great details. Sale.
enlarge | Set | Bone | Germany | Yes | 4.5 |
| 760 |  | Antique Barleycorn Chess Set
Nineteenth C. Great condition. Show a few tiny repairs, hardly visible. Felt added over time. In early twenty C. box. Sold.
enlarge | Set | Bone | England | No | 2.25 |
| 785 |  | Vintage Pocket/Travel Chess Set. Red and White. Wooden Case.
Sale.
enlarge | Set | Bone | England | Yes | 0 |
| 872 |  | Beautiful Bone and Horn Chess Set with matching board
Chess pieces are made of composite of Bone and Horn, likely of Water Buffalo. Origin unknown but likely India, Vietnam, South Korea or elsewhere in the far east. The box, which opens into the playing board is also tiled with the same material, all beautifully finished and polished. Available
enlarge | Set | Bone | | No | 2.75 |
| 894 |  | Antique bone Chess set
Hand carved. Likely early 1900 German UHLIG cow bone chess set. Staunton style. Missing two pieces. Sale.
enlarge | Set | Bone | Germany | Yes | 0 |
| 930 |  | Unique, rare, Shofarim carved bone Chess set
Rare and unique bone chess set. Twenties century recreation in bone of the original Ivory set as described in the "bible" for chess collectors - The Illustrated Guide to World Chess Sets by
Victor Keats (1984). In biblical times, an instrument called "Shofar", usually made of a ram s horn was used (more...)
enlarge | Set | Bone | India | No | 3 |
| 933 |  | Punjab Style, travel, Bone Set early 1900s
Hand carved in bone Chess pieces, Punjab style in matching box. Very detailed and beautiful carving of an early, small, travel chess set. Bone inlay period box. Sale. 2021.
enlarge | Set | Bone | India | Yes | 3 |
| 940 | | Antique Rajasthan Carved Bone Chess Set
AISALMER, India / Rajasthan.
Carved bone, traces of polychrome.
Complete set of thirty-two Chess pieces in its original box. The king and queen are represented by elephants carrying a "Howdah" on their backs (a sort of pack or palanquin used to transport important people). The other pawns are char (more...) | Set | Bone | India | Yes | 3.5 |
| 960 |  | Beautiful hand carved bone chess set
Very sleek hand carved/turned bone chess set. High quality carving and finish. One side dyed ref the other natural bone. 2022. For sale.
enlarge | Set | Bone | India | Yes | 5 |
| 967 |  | Majestic Bone, Indian Lotus Chess Set
Rare, Lotus theme, Unique Chess set. Hand carved in camel bone and painted. The Laboure and meticulous work of many months by mater carvers. One side predominantly green the other pink. Human Kings and Queens, Camels for Bishops, Horses as Knights, Elephants as Rooks and foot soldiers for Pawns. All (more...)
enlarge | Set | Bone | India | Yes | 7 |
| 841 |  | Artisan King Penguin Chess Set
OOAK, Beautiful and very artistic. One side white with dark backs the other dark with white back. Adorable.
enlarge | Set | Porcelain-Ceramics | | No | 0 |
| 842 |  | Outstanding Vintage Zombies Chess set
Vintage Mexican folk art chess set shown in the corresponding images. This set was made of glazed clay in a modernist/expressionist/surrealist style in the early 20th century. Each individually sculpted piece is unique and features extreme glazed details.
Pieces are in excellent condition. All fo (more...)
enlarge | Set | Porcelain-Ceramics | Mexico | No | 5 |
| 57 |  | Ceramic set by Venezuelan artist Faustina Mendoza
Naive chess set hand made of ceramics. Matching chess board included, made of 16 sections of 2x2 squares each. By Venezuelan artist Faustina Mendoza, who is featured in the book "Cultures, Chess and Art", volume 2 - The Americas. Author Ned Munger. | Set | Porcelain-Ceramics | Venezuela | No | 3.75 |
| 67 |  | Siam Celadon Handmade Ceramics Chess set
Artist unknown. This ceramics chess set is beautifully made. One side glazed in light blue the other in pale green. Chess board serves as storage for the delicate pieces and is very ornate and well padded to protect the fragile pieces. arrival2008. Sale. | Set | Porcelain-Ceramics | Thailand | Yes | 3.75 |
| 969 |  | Handmade, artisan, charming, British police Chess Set
Sale. 2024
enlarge | Set | Porcelain-Ceramics | England | Yes | 3.5 |
| 179 | | research rench RĂ©gence Style Faience Chessmen
A French Regence style Faience Chess Set. Made of faience, a fine form of glazed pottery, in Rouen, early 20th century. Sale. 2024. | Set | Porcelain-Ceramics | France | Yes | 4.25 |
| 180 |  | research Large Unique Gaudi Chess Set. Outstanding
Rare, limited edition Gaudi chess set, one of the best and largest made. Stunning beauty. Modeled after genius Gaudi architectural theme present in Barcelona. Themes from Barcelona building tops, chimneys and ventilations of the Palacio, Casa Mila (La Pedrera), Casa Vicens, Parque Guell, La Sagrada (more...)
enlarge | Set | Porcelain-Ceramics | Spain | Yes | 8 |
| 193 |  | Hollywood Chess Set by Doug Anderson
Behind and in front of the camera, according to Doug Anderson:
Stars:
Rook-Towering Inferno, Knight-Captain Hook, Bishop-Moses, King-Superman, Queen-Cleopatra, Bishop-Flying Nun, Knight-Frankenstein, Rook-King Kong
Producers and Directors:
Rook-Hollywood sign, Knight-Makeup artist, Bisho (more...) | Set | Porcelain-Ceramics | USA | No | 0 |
| 212 |  | Fantastic Clay-Bisque Chess Set
Beautiful, Religious Scheme Chess set. Unique. Sold | Set | Porcelain-Ceramics | Mexico | No | 0 |
| 217 |  | Artesania Rinconada Chess Set in Chest
Way back in the 1960s Jesus & Javier Carbajales designed a wonderful chess set which they sold to sailors who made their way into Montevideo, Uruguay in South America. Over the years they made many versions and this is a beautiful one in a wonderful wooden chest. All 32 pieces are individually car (more...)
enlarge | Set | Porcelain-Ceramics | Uruguay | No | 4.5 |
| 237 |  | RUSSIAN PORCELAIN GZHEL CHESS SET WITH BOARD
Russian porcelain Gzhel Chess set with board. The board is 12.25" x 12.25" with a square size of 1.25" x 1.25". The entire chess set and board are hand made of the finest Russian porcelain.The Chess set has a nautical theme with Russian sailors as pawns, various ship officers as the major pieces (in (more...) | Set | Porcelain-Ceramics | Russia | No | 2.625 |
| 249 |  | Russian Porcelain Chess Set
Admirals for Kings. Ships for Rooks. Hand painted. Porcelain board made of two parts. Sale. | Set | Porcelain-Ceramics | Russia | Yes | 3.5 |
| 285 |  | research Mid Century ALFARAZ Chess Set
Rare and unusual pottery chess set made in Spain by the Alfaraz Pottery. Stunning mid century. The chess set is hand made of a brick red clay and has a very interesting mottled glaze in amazing details and beauty in impressive size. An interesting piece of mid century pottery, the pieces are marked (more...)
enlarge | Set | Porcelain-Ceramics | Spain | Yes | 5.25 |
| 294 | | research Stunning Ceramics chess set
Porcelain version of a late eighteenth or early nineteenth English set. AS described in Chess - The Story of Chesspieces from Antiquity to Modern Times, plate 155. 2019. Sale. | Set | Porcelain-Ceramics | England | Yes | 4.75 |
| 312 |  | Rare Mayan Terracotta Chess Set in custom box-board
Rare, hand made, Terra-cotta Chess set. Matching board made of individual Terracotta square with
drawer to hold the pieces for storage. Sale.
enlarge | Set | Porcelain-Ceramics | Mexico | Yes | 0 |
| 356 |  | Vista Alegre Stunning iconic chess set in display box
The Vista Alegre (VA) Company was founded in 1824. Belgian artist Jeannine Hetreau, who migrated to Portugal became their artistic director from 1957 and 1966. Jeannine chose the perennial motive of Spanish and Portuguese history as her inspiration - the reconquista. Her design combined the pervadin (more...)
enlarge | Set | Porcelain-Ceramics | Portugal | No | 4.35 |
| 360 |  | Cats & Dogs Chess Set by Doug Anderson
Dogs and Cats - no need to describe this incredible chess set. Owners and pets look alike.
Every pair of major piece and pawn (pet) tell us a story such as the mail-man chewed by the Doberman, the Dalmatian sad for her puppies being sold at the pet store or the terrified cat being (rectal) exams (more...) | Set | Porcelain-Ceramics | USA | No | 11 |
| 367 |  | Vintage Robert Lander Chess set
Iconic, Vintage Robert Lander 1969 Chess set. Made of Ceramic-Porcelain-Aluminum compound. In excellent condition. Each piece is signed-marked on the base. These sets are very delicate and fragile and tend to lose-break their pointy ceramics but this set is complete in perfect condition. Sold.
enlarge | Set | Porcelain-Ceramics | USA | No | 3.625 |
| 391 |  | OOAK Hand made geeky Chess Set "Tentacles"
OOAK Chess set by Laura St. Peter from Roseville, Michigan. This "Geeky" hand sculpted Chess set is Charming, colorful and each piece unique. Suitable for display (and even for play). Sale.
enlarge | Set | Porcelain-Ceramics | USA | Yes | 2.25 |
| 404 |  | Fantastic Giant Capodimonte Porcelain Chess Players
Capodimonte Porcelain is widely considered to be among the finest Italian porcelain products in the world. For reference see http://popular.ebay.com/pottery-glass/capodimonte-porcelain.htm.
Very large, beautiful scene, outstanding colors and excellent condition. Likely first half of 20th C. Marke (more...)
enlarge | Set | Porcelain-Ceramics | Italy | Yes | 11 |
| 410 |  | RUSSIAN PORCELAIN GZHEL CHESS SET
By artist Garanin. Usually, each piece is signed at the bottom underside but this set has felt which needs to be removed to check that. Board signed both front and back by artist and factory seal. Yuri Garanin has been an artist at Gzhel since 1980, renown creator of sculptures, chandeliers, chess-b (more...)
enlarge | Set | Porcelain-Ceramics | Russia | No | 4 |
| 422 |  | OOAK Artisan clay Denmark Monarchy chess set
Pieces marked Design Kobaek, Made in Denmark (Kobaek Strand?). Sold
enlarge | Set | Porcelain-Ceramics | Denmark | No | 3.5 |
